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Private WILLIAM COCHRANE SEMPLE

Service Number: 240911
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XVI. E. 16.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Margaret Cochrane Semple, of 5, Commercial Rd., Strathaven.
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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